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Having CB at links soon. I heard that Linklaters interview comprises of two parts 1) HR behavioral questions 2) interviews with associations and partners, which involves a scenario question. Has anyone gone to their CB recently? I would really appreciate it if you could share your experiences and views.

I interviewed there a couple years ago. The scenario interview was a complete joke. The partner asked what I would do if I were assigned to due diligence at another firm's office and I had no idea what I was looking for. The right answer was ask questions: ask the partner who assigned me...ask the senior associate...ask somebody at the firm (not a hostile deal)...etc..

That lasted about 2 minutes and then we just chatted for about 20 minutes.

The hardest part of the interview was the HR part. She basically just asked all of the "standard" interview questions (the kind you never actually get asked in most law firm interviews but probably have memorized answers for). There was very little chance for conversation, just a 20 minute interrogation.

Disclaimer: I did not get the offer (I am at a V5 firm in NY now but would still go to Linklaters in a heartbeat)

Anonymous User wrote:I interviewed there a couple years ago. The scenario interview was a complete joke. The partner asked what I would do if I were assigned to due diligence at another firm's office and I had no idea what I was looking for. The right answer was ask questions: ask the partner who assigned me...ask the senior associate...ask somebody at the firm (not a hostile deal)...etc..

That lasted about 2 minutes and then we just chatted for about 20 minutes.

The hardest part of the interview was the HR part. She basically just asked all of the "standard" interview questions (the kind you never actually get asked in most law firm interviews but probably have memorized answers for). There was very little chance for conversation, just a 20 minute interrogation.

Disclaimer: I did not get the offer (I am at a V5 firm in NY now but would still go to Linklaters in a heartbeat)

Thank you so much for sharing! I really appreciate it.If you don't mind, may I ask why you "would still go to Linklaters in a heartbeat"? Is it because of its international platform?

Anonymous User wrote:Thank you so much for sharing! I really appreciate it.If you don't mind, may I ask why you "would still go to Linklaters in a heartbeat"? Is it because of its international platform?

Yes. My long term goals are in a market where Linklaters is much stronger than V5 firms and I would love to be there for the long term. I can lateral there easily from the firm I'm at now, but I would rather have just started where I want to end up. There are not many firms better than Linklaters when you leave the (massive) US market.